The Holistic Horse and Rider

10/30/2022

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠® 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘!

We are excited to share international educator's unique teaching styles. Are you ready to learn “Different Perspectives” on communication with yourself, your horses and your students?

In addition to the 6 Livestream Presentations with live-chat that allows symposium participants to ask questions and interact with speakers and moderators, the Symposium offers a wide variety of videos sharing knowledge and expertise from the presenters outlined below.

Livestream Presentation & Videos are FREE for viewing throughout November 2022 to Centered Riding® members! Join today: www.centeredriding.org/page/joinnow

𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬:

Catherine Gratzl
Centered Riding Level III Instructor and Clinician/Level IV Apprentice
Teaching the Basics to Icelandic Horse Riders

Joan Sam Morrison
Centered Riding Level IV Instructor and Clinician; Reiki level II
Finding and Using Your Center

Gail M Field
Centered Riding Level IV Instructor and Clinician
Alexander-Style Lie Down

Angelika Engberg
Centered Riding Level IV Instructor and Clinician
Teaching the Following Seat at Walk to Help Rider Find Balance

Annemiek Macleane - van Deurse
Msc (Social Science); Equine Assisted Intervention; Teacher; Centered Riding level I Instructor; Clicker Trainer
How Humans and Horses Learn: The 4 Quadrants of Operant Conditioning

Delphine de Jonghe d’Ardoye
Centered Riding Level I Instructor; Trainer B - Vlaamse trainerschool; Instructeur rechtgericht paardrijden - PaardenRecht
Health of the Horse in Combination with Training = Training in Combination with the Horse’s Health

Carla Bauchmueller
Centered Riding Level III clinician; Trainer A of German National Federation; Yoga and meditation Teacher; life-coach
Presentation 1: 3 Tips On How To Get Started In Teaching Online
Presentation 2: Centered Riding Meets Neuroscience: How to integrate neuroscience-based movement into your riding and teaching

Margreet Bouwmeester
Centered Riding Level IV Instructor and Clinician; Alexander Technique Teacher
The Art of Breathing

Tom Nagel
Author and Clinician
Using the Breath to Center and Grow

𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:

Carol Wilson
Centered Riding Level IV Instructor and Clinician; TTouch for Horses – Advanced Practitioner 2
Clear Intent: What Are You Thinking?

Chantal Pelletier
Founder of Allign2Ride; Centered Riding Level II Instructor; RWYM Level I Coach; Certified Level I Franklin Method Equestrian Educator; Franklin Method Equestrian Pelvis & Spine Educator; Franklin Method Equestrian Ball Certified Coach
Teaching Body Awareness: The Dynamic Art of Breathing for Riders

Peggy S. Brown
Centered Riding Level IV Instructor and Clinician; ARIA Certified Expert Instructor and 2005 Instructor of the Year
Sound 21st Century Advice for Safe and Effective Centered Riding Bodywork – The New Hip Release Technique

Corrinne Spaulding
Centered Riding Level II Instructor; Owner, The Holistic Horse and Rider
Self-Care for teachers: Embodying the Work and Being the Change

Stephanie Barberra
M.S. Education: Teaching and Learning; Delaware Valley University Assistant Professor of Equine Science & Management; Centered Riding Level III Instructor and Clinician; United States Pony Club Instructor; Owner of SpringView Farm, LLC
Teaching & Learning: A discussion about learning styles, meeting students where they are and effectively incorporating CR into your “traditional” lessons.

Lina Nyberg
Riding Teacher; Mindfulness & Emotional Skills Coach; MSc Student in Educational Science
How to Support Riders' Motivation & Learning as a Riding Teacher

The Virtual Symposium is FREE for Centered Riding members. Join now – and as a gift, new members will receive five additional months of membership, which includes the 2023 Virtual Symposium! Click on the link: https://www.centeredriding.org/page/joinnow

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06/11/2022

To help stabilize and deepen your upper body while giving your hands a more forward tendency…

Imagine your shoulder blades in the shape of a big heart on your back. Move your shoulders slightly up, widen them and then bring them down and together. As you connect your shoulders, push your hands forward.—Susanne von Dietze

Susanne von Dietze is a leader in equestrian biomechanics. A physiotherapist, licensed instructor and judge for dressage and show jumping, she gives lectures and seminars throughout the world.

Illustration by Sandy Rabinowitz

06/03/2022

In more masterclass news, I am thrilled to be returning to the US for a special two day masterclass this October; my first return to New England in nearly five years!

This NEDA Symposium takes place on October 15-16 at Mt. Holyoke College Equestrian Center in South Hadley, Massachusetts. For this year’s event, I look forward to working with horse and rider pairs spanning up the levels from young horse to Grand Prix level. NEDA members can purchase tickets when the pre-sale opens on June 11th. A limited number of VIP tickets will also be for sale. If any tickets remain, tickets to the public will go on sale on July 11. Hope to see some of you there!

For more information on the
event, please visit: https://www.neda.org/page/2022Symposium

05/29/2022

Yoga coming soon 🧘‍♀️🪷☀️

5 Reasons why you should hit the mat between horseback riding lessons

03/24/2022

03/11/2022

For this Thursday’s NEDA Know-How session, we are pleased to welcome Jillian Kreinbring to discuss dressage through the lens of biomechanics. Defined as the study of the mechanical laws relating to the movement or structure of living organisms, biomechanics is one of our most-requested topics, and we look forward to this opportunity to speak with one of the leading researchers in this area. NEDA members, please check your email or visit our website to register: https://www.neda.org/events/register.aspx?id=1549015&itemid=c3c97b74-b56c-4b90-a6fd-4f014d463ae8

02/02/2022

Learn how to understand your own body in order to address your specific position challenges.

01/27/2022

http://horsefever.org/articles/basic-training/riding-straight-the-natural-crookedness-of-the-horse/

Although the fundamental part of straightness is developed in the second year of training it should have already been a significant part of training in the first year.

01/22/2022

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you are doing just fine.

Stop beating yourself up for not riding when it’s freezing cold, pitch black and raining. It’s ok (and normal) to have no motivation at this time of year. It doesn’t make you a bad rider (or a bad owner).

Stop feeling guilty that your horse isn’t even nearly competition fit yet. Take your time and make your plan, who cares if you’re not ready for the first event? There’s a whole calendar to chose from.

Stop agonising over the fact you haven’t spent the whole winter training. Riders need a break and horses do to, you’ll probably find your horse comes back better than if they’d spent the whole winter being hammered in clinics and lessons anyway.

Stop comparing yourself to riders who have more facilities, more time or a totally different set of circumstances to you. Everyone is on their own track and has their own goals, so eyes ahead and focus on yours.

Stop telling yourself that your horse “deserves better” or is “wasted” with you. As long as your horse is fed and warm, they are quite happy, riding does not complete their life.

Winter is hard. It’s cold, it’s wet, it’s dark and it feels never ending and berating yourself for everything you aren’t doing or feel you should be doing won’t make it any easier, so cut yourself some slack and just take a breath.

You are doing just fine.

01/08/2022

Food for thought 💭

12/17/2021

I am officially almost done with the requirements needed for my 200 HR Yoga Teacher Training certification! I wanted to do this for a few reasons, but was most influenced by some riding (and reading) I did with Sherry Ackerman this year, author of Dressage in the Fourth Dimension. In her book, she writes

“Breath control and posture are central to relaxation. In Indian philosophy, the term for breath control is pranayama, and for posture, asana. Both breathing technique and position are as critical to dressage as they are to yoga. How many times has a clinician instructed you to “breathe” and “sit tall”? To become accomplished in either takes considerable practice and presupposes a thorough commitment to spirituality. For as the body progressively relaxes and “lets go,” the mind follows by suspending cognition. In this yielded state, the practitioner is extremely inclined toward spiritual insight and becomes aware that dressage offers the experience of attaining transcendental union with a partner. Most other yogic disciplines are yogas-of-one, but dressage is a yoga-of-two.”

I am learning to appreciate dressage more as an art than a sport, mostly due to my current mentors who are all about developing lightness and harmony ✨

In addition to a more artistic and creative expression of horse and rider, yoga also ..

✨helps to balance muscle tone through the asanas (poses). I am right-side dominant and have always struggled becoming ambidextrous for dressage riding.

✨helps free physical blockages and tensions while increasing flexibility’s daily range of motion (to allow your body to go WITH the movement of the horse).

✨ strengthens core and balance (better half halts)

✨ Helps with mental stress (who doesn’t need that these days) and sets you up with a positive mindset before even getting on the horse.

I find the study of yoga to be a great way to work with people and their body’s without a hands-on approach. Many hands-on modalities had to be shut down during quarantine. Yoga classes could still be held online and is great for work with kids. I throughly enjoying this journey and will keep racking up the hours (for a total of 1,000 hours of study!)

11/23/2021

But the ability to roll the pelvis, not balance, is the key, researchers found.

07/19/2021

“My Impressions of the WEG at Aachen, Germany – The Quality in Riding – Developing Submission Through Harmony – Longevity Medicine for Riders by Dr. Francis Williams, MD”